DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese government has set March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election, its spokesperson said Wednesday after a meeting of the Council of Ministers, also announcing the dissolution of the government and appointment of a new prime minister. President Macky Sall, who is prevented for running for … Read more
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fist-bumps former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2020. Greg Nash | Reuters The $1 billion-plus injection that New York Community Bank … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the crustaceans that are a staple in Gulf Coast seafood boils, Gov. Jeff Landry issued a disaster declaration for the impacted industry Wednesday. Last year’s drought, extreme heat, saltwater intrusion on the Mississippi River and a hard winter freeze … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, officials said, in the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel’s war … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has fueled lawlessness, closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home. Haiti remained largely paralyzed, with schools and businesses still closed amid heavy gunfire blamed … Read more
LONDON — Frenzied speculation over the whereabouts of Catherine, Princess of Wales, continues to bubble online, even as Kensington Palace maintains she is doing just fine and recuperating at home in Windsor after abdominal surgery. On Tuesday, the British Army said on its website that Catherine would be attending a military parade in June — … Read more
Struggling regional lender New York Community Bancorp announced a $1 billion capital raise and a leadership shakeup on Wednesday, headlined by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, leading to a sharp rebound for its stock. NYCB has agreed to a deal with several investment firms including Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategic Capital, Hudson Bay Capital and Reverence Capital … Read more
Stephen Colbert on Tuesday asked Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) if he’ll miss Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), shortly after she announced she will not run for reelection. “Not at all,” Sanders told the “Late Show” host. When asked to explain, Sanders recalled how Sinema blocked elements of Democrats’ Build Back Better package during the pandemic. “We … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine — The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern city Wednesday. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the delegations were getting into their vehicles when they heard the blast, which he called a … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province has left more than 70 children missing, with fears they may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants as thousands of families fled, local authorities and a group of aid agencies said. … Read more